Modeling radiative transfer in canopies allows efficient use of remote sensing observations to quantify vegetation state variables and functioning. Canopy radiative transfer models use requires accurate description of leaf optical properties. Although widely used, the PROSPECT leaf optical properties model is based on simplifying assumptions that limit its performances. One of these assumptions...

The objective of this study was to compare the use of hyperspectral narrowbands, hyperspectral narrowband indices and pigment measurements collected from switchgrass leaf as potential tools for discriminating among twelve switchgrass cultivars and five N treatments in one cultivar (Alamo). Hyperspectral reflectance, UV-B absorbing compounds, photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b...

in this research, catalase activity and leaf chlorophyll stability of satsuma mandarin on some citrus rootstocks under waterlogging condition were studied. experiment was conducted as factorial with randomized complete blocks and 6 replications. the first factor, include 7 soils from east mazandaran and the second factor included 7 different citrus rootstocks: 1. sour orange, 2. swingle citrome...

An investigation of the estimation of leaf biochemistry in open tree crop canopies using high-spatial hyperspectral remote sensing imagery is presented. Hyperspectral optical indices related to leaf chlorophyll content were used to test different radiative transfer modelling assumptions in open canopies where crown, soil and shadow components were separately targeted using 1 m spatial resolutio...

Physical principles applied to remote sensing data are key to successfully quantifying vegetation physiological condition from the study of the light interaction with the canopy under observation. We used the fluorescence-reflectance-transmittance (FRT) and PROSPECT leaf models to simulate reflectance as a function of leaf biochemical and fluorescence variables. A series of laboratory measureme...

The anthocyanin and chlorophyll contents in leaves provide valuable information about the physiological status of plants. Thus, there is a need for accurate, efficient, and practical methodologies to estimate these biochemical parameters of vegetation. In this study, we tested the performance and accuracy of several nondestructive, reflectance-based techniques for estimating anthocyanin and chl...

Spectral reflectance of plant canopies provides an accurate indication of ground cover fraction, which is highly correlated with radiation capture. If nutrients and water do not limit growth, radiation capture is highly correlated with daily growth rate and ultimate yield. However, if nutrients and water limit growth, none of the common spectral indices are able to separate a more developed, st...

this study was conducted for evaluating the combined effect of soil moisture, phosphorus (p) and zinc (zn) levels on the growth attributes of potato (solanum tuberosum l. cv. agria). this investigation was arranged as a factorial experiment based on randomized complete blocks design with zn at three levels (0, 10 and 20mg zn per kg dry soil as zinc sulfate), p at three levels (0, 30 and 60mg pe...

Plant height, biomass production, assimilatory functions and chlorophyll accumulation of Panicum maximum and Stylosanthes hamata in intercropping systems was influenced significantly under elevated CO2 (600 +/- 50 ppm) in open top chambers (OTCs). The plant height increased by 32.0 and 49.0% over the control in P. maximum and S. hamata respectively in intercropping system under elevated CO2 ove...